Braingle: '1, 5, 17, 53...' Brain Teaser

1, 5, 17, 53...

Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.

Puzzle ID:	#167
Fun:	(2.2)
Difficulty:	(2.21)
Category:	Series
Submitted By:	trojan5x
Corrected By:	shenqiang

1, 5, 17, 53...

What are the next three numbers?

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Comments

jimbo Sep 27, 2003	Add 4, add 12 , add 36 , add 108 , each time adding 3 times the previous amount.
darthforman May 22, 2005	i didn't get it
PineappleMama Mar 07, 2006	I figured it out the same way jimbo did. Saw the pattern in the differences. If that makes any sense!
blackmarket69 Mar 08, 2006	hahahahahahahaha i missed it by a mile
Mellew Mar 30, 2006	i figured it out jimbo's way 2 it seemed the easiest 2 me
Mellew Mar 30, 2006	P.S. It does Pineapple mama
spazzyjazzy93 Apr 05, 2006	ooooooooohhh, i actually got it! i never get the series ones! yay! it was a good teaser
elshawno May 22, 2006	hmmm... WAY OFF!!!!! mwahahahahaa!!!
(user deleted) Jun 01, 2006	SO DAM EASY PS: DARTHFORMAN IS AN IDIOT AND JIMBO IS A STUPID NAME
HScott13 Jul 01, 2006	Saw the pattern (x3+2) straight away. Didn't even get as far as the teaser, I was still looking at the title!
hsbanana90 Aug 20, 2006	ahh good one. the pattern was fairly easy to find..... but those numbers get jumbled in your head
rrn0rrnrrnY Sep 02, 2006	I was doing the 3xs more each as well. It seems whenever there is more than one answer to a teaser folks get pretty testy about it. I didn't mind seeing it in a different way.
teasermaster Dec 19, 2006	I was doing the same pattern jimbo was doing which was plus 4, plus 12, plus 36, etc.